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It is a big deal when you're in crisis, and she is contributing to your crisis by not upholding what the APA considers a principle of ethical care:
3.12 Interruption of Psychological Services
Unless otherwise covered by contract, psychologists make reasonable efforts to plan for facilitating services in the event that psychological services are interrupted by factors such as the psychologist's illness, death, unavailability, relocation, or retirement or by the client's/patient's relocation or financial limitations.
But if she's not governed by the APA then the ethical principles may be somewhat different but I can't imagine any governing board would find her disappearing act ethical and professional. A therapist leaving you hanging like this with no attempt to provide for continuity of services is just as unethical as a cardiologist suddenly disappearing without providing referrals for back-up.
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